Vodafone in cloud computing push

Technology
Written by Gary Howes
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
SME Web brings the latest development in cloud computing. Vodafone (LON:VOD) has today announced that it intends to grow its footprint in the expanding cloud computing space. Related Articles: Will the Cloud Lift Your Business? SMEs and cloud computing Cloud computing: Operational agility Cloud computing and security Sheltering the mobile workforce SME Web has noted an increasing amount of interest in cloud computing as an alternative to costly traditional IT layouts. Vodafone made these intentions clear through the announcement of a 'strategic partnership' with Decho Corporation - a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC - to develop a range of cloud-based services for both SMEs and consumers. Vodafone shares are 0.63% up on the FTSE 100 this morning. A new product called Vodafone PC Backup will be developed in line with the strategic partnership. The idea is to enable SMEs and other customers of the service to simply and securely back up work-related or personal digital content from their computer to a remotely hosted site. Once a customer has backed-up their digital content they know it is protected and that they will always be able to access it, even if their primary device is lost, stolen or otherwise unavailable. However no prices or detailed package information has been forwarded by Vodafone so SME customers looking to increase their cloud computing capabilities through this service are to wait a while longer. Share this: digg del.ico.us Newsvine Reddit Furl technorati Facebook Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Post a comment Name (required) Email (required) (not published) Website Title By posting on this website you are agreeing to abide by our website comment policy and all posts are subject to the approval of the website editor. We will remove posts that contain offensive or threatening language, personal attacks on the writer or other posters, posts that are off topic and posts that are considered spam or specifically used to promote any commercial products or services. Any poster who repeatedly contravenes the policy will be banned from posting on the website.